Greetings –
NEW EIN WEB POSTINGS FOR DECEMBER
Under MANAGING YOUR LLI
Mini Courses – Wheelock LLI, MA
The Tale of the Magic Carpets –
OLLI, Portland, ME
Computers for Seniors Questionnaire
– A.L.L., Cape Cod, MA
The History of Kansas City –
SPARK, Kansas City, MO
LIR Members Come Through – LIR,
Inc. Athens, GA
Volunteer Projects – OLLI, Duke
University, NC
LLI Registration Procedures –
Across the Network
Summer Enrichment Series –
OLLI, Huntsville, AL
Under LLI NEWS
LLI News for December
Under LLI CONGRATULATIONS
LLI Congratulations for December
THANK YOU
Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer the inquiry from the
LLI at Bard College in New York about registration procedures. The response
was fantastic and the program now has a lot of excellent input from
all of you. It will help them very much. You can read all the responses
this month on our web site.
CHECK YOUR LISTING
Please take the time to check your program listing on the EIN web site
which can be found under the FIND A LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE link
at www.elderhostel.org/ein/intro.asp.
Make sure we have all the correct contact information. This is especially
important if your program has recently changed its name. Prospective
members look here all the time for nearby programs.
WELCOME NEW AFFILIATES
Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Tulsa, OK
Lifelong Learning, Long Island University, Orangeburg, NY
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of North Dakota
Lifelong Learning Program, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Academy for Lifelong Learning, Kingwood College, New Caney, TX
POSITIVE AGING CONFERENCE
Eckerd College will be the host institution for the National
Positive Aging Conference: Beyond the Cutting Edge December
6-8, 2007. Designed for professionals who provide services
and programs for older/mature adults, the 2007 Positive Aging
Conference will explore a wide variety of strengths-based topics
that enrich the lives of eager participants nationwide and around the
world. The Conference, the first of its kind, targets those individuals
who find themselves asking, How can I work more effectively with
the emerging Baby Boomer retiree cohort - some 76 million strong? Do
my current programs lack the luster of the past? How can I re-energize
my services to attract a broader segment of my community to my programs?
"Participants in the Positive Aging Conference will learn about
current and future trends in services and programs for mature adults,"
says Jim Frasier, Conference Planning Facilitator from
Eckerd College. "We expect that participants will increase their
commitment to a philosophy of 'positive aging' through association with
national and international thought leaders and practitioners."
Workshops, discussions, demonstrations and experiential activities
will address these focus areas:
- Brain & Physical Fitness - Purposeful Living - Creativity in Later
Life - Intergenerational Programming - Third Age Life Planning - Lifelong
Learning - Thriving in Community
The opening session, "Positive Changes that Occur Because of Aging,
Not in Spite of Aging," on Thursday, December 6, will feature a
conversational-style interview between
Gene Cohan, Director of the Center on Aging, Health & Humanities
at George Washington University and Michael C. Patterson, AARP Educator
Community Manager.
REGISTER
ONLINE - For more information about the 2007 National Positive
Aging Conference: Beyond the Cutting Edge, visit www.eckerd.edu/positiveaging.
INFORMATION DRAWER
The IRP in New York City has come up with an interesting and very helpful
idea - the Information Drawer. Sponsored by the Information and Resources
Committee, it is a "must see" for all members who wish to
discover current information on vital interests such as medical and
financial concerns, volunteering, housing, hearing and visual issues
and numerous other areas. New information is always welcome. This is
a way to share information that is relevant to members’ issues
and filter the deluge of information that we receive. The folder is
stored in the drawer in the Cafe /Lounge area.
CAN THAT SPAM!
Our thanks to the Lifetime Learning Institute at Northern Virginia Community
College for the following tips for reporting and getting rid of spam.
1. Forward any spam to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at: spam@uce.gov.
Forwarding spam to the agency may not immediately stop it,
but it will help FTC to compile a database that can be used
to bring federal action against spammers.
2. Let the FTC know if a “Remove me” request is not honored.
To report it, go to www.ftc.gov
and complete an online complaint form. Your complaint will
be forwarded to the FTC Consumer Sentinel database and made
available to hundreds of law enforcement and consumer protection
agencies.
3. Send a copy of the spam to your internet service provider’s
abuse desk. Go to www.ftc.gov
to find more information about this process. Bu sure your
complaint includes the full email header from the spam.
OLLI MEMBERSHIP CARDS
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of N. Florida
in Jacksonville has developed two-sided membership cards. The front
will have the member’s name, member since date, and member expiration
date. The back will list the departments and discounts each one is offering.
For instance, the Aquatics Center is offering a four-month or one year
discount, the GolfPlex is offering faculty rates to members, and Continuing
Ed is offering 10% discounts on their courses.
COURSES THAT MAKE YOU THINK
Among the programs being offered this fall at the Stonewall Lifelong
Learning Institute at Wheelock College in Boston are the following:
Gay People and the Media - Women Film Directors: Through the Eye
of A Woman - Amy Hoffman, will be reading from her new book, An
Army of Ex-Lovers, My Life at the Gay Community News - Rochelle
Ruthchild and Libby Bouvier present The Making of “Left on
Pearl, a documentary about the early 1970’s occupation of
a Harvard-owned building that led to the founding of The Women’s
Center, and nourished the radicals who contributed to other institutions
and movements in Boston. Rochelle and Libby will show a trailer from
the movie and describe its production and purpose – and eventual
screening, scheduled for 2008.
THE MODERN LIFE
This year’s conference, February 13-15, 2008 and sponsored by
Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina has as its theme: “The
Modern Life: The Challenges and Advantages to Living and Learning in
the 21st Century,” a theme that prompts us to ask questions
about the big issues that impact our world – such as healthcare,
technology, environment, energy, security, business, economy, government,
communications, children and education. Members of the Coastal Carolina
Lifelong Learning program are planning to present a program entitled:
Lifelong Learning: Hallmark of a New Enlightenment.
It's centered on the theme that Lifelong Learning is no longer an option
in our modern society...it's a necessity for anyone who wants to remain
engaged throughout a modern lifetime challenged by the impacts of globalization
on our socio-economic systems, exploding technological developments
and a major increase in lifespans. It will aim at making the case for
a new and expanded role for universities in meeting this growing societal
need. They would like to include video-taped testimonials
from individuals (which will be incorporated into a PowerPoint presentation)
who recognize the importance of Lifelong Learning and believe it should
be an integral part of the missions of our universities worldwide.
A.L.L. ON THE MOVE
The most recent addition to the Academy for Lifelong Learning on Cape
Cod, Massachusetts is a new satellite program at the Senior Center in
Mashpee. This spacious new building is situated in a complex of municipal
facilities near Mashpee Commons. In addition to classroom space, the
Mashpee facility provides a location that is more convenient for many.
Its easier parking and access to the one-story building also are attractive
to those with mobility problems. Three A.L.L. classes are meeting there
and these classes are also being offered at the West Barnstable campus.
THE BEAT GENERATION
Members of the Institute for Retired Professionals in New York City
are studying The Beat Generation: Looking Back 50 Years Later. In 1957
Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl was cleared of charges of
obscenity and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road was published,
thus launching the Beat Generation. There were only a few members of
the original group, yet the energy of a whole generation came to a head
through their efforts, and their influence extended for decades. They
read, among others, works by Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Burroughs and their
associates, such as Ferlinghetti, Corso, Snyder, and DiPrima. Responses
to their ideas in film, paintings, and music are also considered. Readings
total about 50 pages a week. A field trip to the New York Public Library’s
special exhibit on Jack Kerouac is planned.
COOKIE WALK – HOLIDAY TEA
Members of the L.I.F. P. program at Mount Saint Mary College in New
York will be taking part in their Holiday Cookie Walk this month. They
will bring in a tray of their own favorite holiday cookies (4-6 dozen)
and go home with a basketful of assorted cookies of their choice. Money
raised will be used to fund the L.I.F.E. refreshment table. The fee
is $5 per basket. Members will also enjoy the annual Holiday Tea. They
will get to see the campus decorated for the holidays and enjoy delicious
homemade tea sandwiches and sweets. The fee is $15.
ADVANCE SCREENING
This past spring members of the Lifetime Learning Institute at Northern
Virginia Community College in Annandale had the opportunity to preview
the Ken Burns documentary “The War.” Along with viewing
it in advance, they were also treated to a discussion with two staff
members from PBS who gave background and insight into the series.
PHYSICS FOR EVERYONE
Physics for Everyone was the title of a course given this past
spring at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Rutgers University
in New Jersey. Based on New Jersey’s Core Curriculum Science Standards,
ten sessions comprised the physics course you should have had in high
school or have long forgotten. Fundamental concepts from Newtonian to
Modern Physics was explored and demonstrated. The course was not just
a lecture series. Each session engaged participants in “hands
on,” “minds on” learning activities without mathematics.
Participants followed up on this course with Really Modern Physics.
This course introduced relativity and quantum mechanics along with a
careful analysis of why the concept of inflation is of crucial importance
to understanding how our universe formed and how the concept was recently
corroborated by a Hubble Telescope measurement of the polarization of
the microwave background radiation. The course then considered supersymmetry
and supersymmetric string theory.
SYMPHONY DISCOUNTS
Current members of the Lifelong Learning program at Coastal Carolina
University in South Carolina are being offered a 10% discount on tickets
from the Long Bay Symphony. This is an example of LLIs working the build
synergy within their community with members as well as cultural organizations
benefiting by that synergy.
NEW BOOKS FOR LLI COURSES
For the fall session, thanks to the course, Pens & Swords, Meet
the Authors, members of Learning in Retirement, Inc. in Athens,
Georgia were introduced to three new books by their authors.
Kentucky Boy: The Top First Grade, by Louis J. Boyd. When
Louie Boyd wanted to leave his descendants a gift that would last a
lifetime, he did something quite amazing: he wrote a book, Kentucky
Boy. It is a delightful read that chronicles his birth in 1928
in the lowland tobacco-growing area of Kentucky, a work-filled childhood,
and youth that taught him the discipline he’d need to meet the
challenges ahead, the love of a close-knit family that he would likewise
bestow upon his own, and his union with his life’s partner, a
Kentucky girl named Becky.
Under the Liberty Oak, by Paige M. Cumming. Under the
Liberty Oak is a taut, fast-paced mystery which adroitly shifts
between the tumultuous events of the summer of 1964 and the present
life of concert pianist Brittan Lee Hayworth, as new discoveries unleash
old and painful memories. That summer in Liberty, Georgia, civil rights
workers and riders of the invincible empire clashed as a new South was
being born. For ten-year-old Brittan Lee and her best friend, it is
a foreboding time in which old loyalties and the mettle of new friends
are tested to the limit. A cataclysmic hurricane and fires cause two
deaths and the disappearance of a young girl, leaving Liberty and Brittan
Lee in turmoil.
We Are What We Were: Memories of Rural North Carolina, by
Gene Younts. We Are What We Were is a reminder that our personal
characteristics reflect life’s total experiences and the traits
inherited from our forebears. Everything we have lived, breathed, and
touched has made us what we are today. The years from 1920 to 1950 frame
the heart of the course. This period saw us coming out of World War
I anxious to never see war again. It included the greatest economic
depression the United States experienced in the 20th century, followed
by World War II, which put more than 16 million men and women into military
uniforms.
NEW WEB SITES FOR LLI COURSES
The French
Revolution
Companion site to a documentary that introduced the people and events
of the French Revolution, covering the formation of the National Assembly
to the storming of the Bastille, the women's march on Versailles to
the detainment of the king and queen, and more. Includes a timeline
(1770-1796), a Revolutionary Challenge game, and photos and video clips
from the documentary. From the History Channel.
Liberty, Equality, Frasternity:
Exploring the French Revolution
Detail-rich site that includes topical essays, hundreds of images and
documents, song recordings (including "La Marseillaise"),
maps, a timeline, and a glossary. Covers the storming of the Bastille,
Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte, and the fall of the monarchy.
A project of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University
and the American Social History Project at City University of New York.
Guns, Germs and Steel
Based on Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name,
'Guns, Germs and Steel' traces humanity's journey over the last 13,000
years with a focus on understanding "the roots of global inequality.
Features descriptions of and transcripts from episodes of the Public
Broadcasting Service (PBS) show, essays related to topics explored in
the book (such as crops, domesticated animals, and smallpox), recommended
books and websites, and lesson plans.
Commentary Today
This site is devoted to presenting the most diverse and comprehensive
collection of opinions and commentary from America's leading columnists.
Every day this site is updated with the most recent articles from dozens
of political columnists. Browsable by political viewpoint ("on
the left" and "on the right"). Also includes discussion
boards relating to the articles.
That’s all for this month.
Nancy Merz Nordstrom, M.Ed.
Elderhostel Institute Network
Nancy.merz-nordstrom@elderhostel.org
www.elderhostel.org/ein/intro.asp
617-457-5564
“To be able to fill leisure intelligently
is the last product of civilization.” …Arnold
Toynbee
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